Desk calendar-stand.



L. C. RUTEN.

I DESK CALENDAR STAND.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 19l4.

1,1 87,01 2. Patented June 13, 1916.

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L. C.'RUTEN.

DESK CALENDAR STAND.

APPLICATION mm NOV- l4. $914.

1 ,1 87,01 2 Patented June 13, 1916.

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LEO C. RUTEN, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

DESK CALENDAR-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Application filed November 14, 1914. Serial No. 872,208.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, LEO G. RUTEN, a c1t1-- zen of theUnited States, residing at Quincy,-

in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Desk Calendar-Stands; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to desk calendar stands and one of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a calendar stand of simple construction which can be readily cast in a single piece, which will be provided with means whereby the wire arch members may be readily connected thereto for permitting the leaves of the calendar to be transferred'from one support to the other so that the memorandum for each day of the year may be kept intact and readily referred to whenever required.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cast metal stand for calendars in which provision will be made for connecting the wire arches for filing the leaves or calendar days in position so that they may be transferred from one inclined portion to the other of the stand.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which,

- the calendar and 2 is the upper inclined support for the leaves or sheets when they have been transferred from the table 1, and said two supports are connected together by means of side flanges 3, which may be suitably ornamented or made attractive in contour, and the entire device is supported upon legs 4, one at each side and said legs may be provided with a reinforcing rib 5 if desired. The tables or supports 1 and 2 may be provided with apertures 6 and 7 in order to reduce the weight of the stand, and at the sides of the device are depending flanges 8 extending in line with the flanges 3 underneath'the tables or supports 1 and 2. At the upper edge of the table or support 1 is an inclined lug 9 provided with a recess 10 in its lower end. Adjacent the upper edge of the table 1 a pair of recesses 11 are formed in the downwardly extending lugs 12. Adjacent the lower edge of the table or support 2, downwardly extending lugs 13 are provided with recesses 14 upon their upper sides, and between the lugs 13 the table 2 is cut away as shown at 15.

The wire arch or filing device comprises a cross bar 16which is fitted in the recess 10, and the side members 17 which extend across from the recesses 10 to the recesses 14 and from this point the arches 18 extend upwardly and are curved at 19, the terminal ends 20 being seated in the recesses 11 at the upper end of the table or support 1.

As shown in Fig. 3, the lower table or support 21 and the upper table or support 22 are but slightly inclined, one relatively to the other and they are supported upon legs 23 and provided with side'flanges 24 which extend above the tables 21 and 22 and similar depending flanges 25 below the tables. I

Depending lugs 26 on the upper table or support 22 are provided with recesses 27 and'similar lugs 28 are provided with recesses 29 which are formed at the upper end ofthe table 21 to receive the wire arch or filing'device, shown in Fig. 5. l

Fig. 4 illustrates a modification in which the supporting legs 28 may be dispensed with and the device somewhat simplified in construction. The two supporting tables 29 and 30 are oppositely inclined and they rest at their ends 32 and 33 upon the desk or table. The side flanges 34 extend above the tables 29 and 30 and similar curved flanges 35 extend below the same. The table 29 is provided with a lug 36 and a recess 37 while the table 30 is provided with a depressed lug 38 having a recess 39 therein. The same form of arch or' filing device is used with this stand, and the ends 40 of the wires may be extended to conform to the slight diflerence in structure, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. V

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a calendar stand made in accordance with this invention is simple in construction, can

be cast in a single piece, and the wire arch can be made from a single length of wire and readilyconnected to the stand to hold the sheets of the calendar in place and to permit them to be transferred over the curved portions19 onto the upper members 18 Where they can be readily utilized whenever itis desired to refer to a memorandum of any day of the year.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as del fined in the claims.

What is claimed is 1. A desk calendar stand comprising two tables separated one from the other, and connected together by means of sidefianges, a

1 lug depending downward from the upper edge of. one ofsaid tables provided with a recess at its lower end, said tablealso being provided with recesses in the upper side thereof on opposite sides of the depending lug, and the other table being provided with lugs having recesses inalinement with the "recesses in the first mentioned table, and

7 an arched filling member connected in said recesses, and frictionally held therein.

1 21A desk calendar stand comprising a lowertable and an upper table, oppositely disposed flanges on said table connecting them together integrally, legs for supporting said table,- a depending lug at the upper end of the lower table, said lug having a reformed on the upper end of said table on opposite sides, the upper table having lugs formed on its inner end for receiving the wire arch for filing the calendar leaves, the terminal ends of said arches being seated in the recesses of the upper end of the hollow table, said wire arch being frictionally held in position within the recesses.

3. A desk calendar comprising a lower table and an upper table, the tables separated one from the other and connected together with side flanges, legs depending downwardly from the opposite sides, flanges supporting one table above the other, a lug formed on the upper end of the lower table centrally thereof, the lower end of said lugs being provided with a recess, the upper end of said table also provided on opposite sides of the lug with recesses, the lower end of the upper table having depressed lugs, said lugs being provided with recesses in alinement with the recesses in the upper end of the lower table, and an arched filing member formed of a single piece of wire frictionally held in said recesses.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. LEO C. RUTEN.

Witnesses:

FRED H. RUTEN, J OHN, MIEBER.

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